Proverbs 28:1

New Century Version

Evil people run even though no one is chasing them, but good people are as brave as a lion.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

Then all of Adonijah’s guests were afraid, and they left quickly and scattered.

2 Kings 7:15

The men followed the Aramean army as far as the Jordan River. The road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away as they had hurriedly left. So the messengers returned and told the king.

Nehemiah 6:11

But I said, “Should a man like me run away? Should I run for my life into the Temple? I will not go.”

Job 15:21

Terrible sounds fill their ears, and when things seem to be going well, robbers attack them.

Psalm 112:7

They won’t be afraid of bad news; their hearts are steady because they trust the Lord.

Psalm 53:5

The wicked are filled with terror where there had been nothing to fear. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will defeat them, because God has rejected them.

Psalm 53:6

I pray that victory will come to Israel from Mount Zion! May God bring them back. Then the people of Jacob will rejoice, and the people of Israel will be glad.

Exodus 11:8

All your officers will come to me. They will bow facedown to the ground before me and say, ‘Leave and take all your people with you.’ After that, I will leave.” Then Moses very angrily left the king.

Proverbs 10:9

The honest person will live in safety, but the dishonest will be caught.

Proverbs 27:27

There will be plenty of goat’s milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.

Isaiah 30:17

One enemy will make threats, and a thousand of your men will run away. Five enemies will make threats, and all of you will run from them. You will be left alone like a flagpole on a hilltop, like a banner on a hill.

Isaiah 7:2

Ahaz king of Judah received a message saying, “The armies of Aram and Israel have joined together.” When Ahaz heard this, he and the people were frightened. They shook with fear like trees of the forest blown by the wind.

Jeremiah 20:4

This is what the Lord says: ‘I will soon make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. You will watch enemies killing your friends with swords. And I will give all the people of Judah to the king of Babylon, who will take them away as captives to Babylon and then will kill them with swords.

Leviticus 26:17

I will be against you, and your enemies will defeat you. These people who hate you will rule over you, and you will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Leviticus 26:36

“ ‘Those of you who are left alive will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be frightened by the sound of a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run as if someone were chasing them with a sword, and they will fall even when no one is chasing them.

Acts 14:3

Paul and Barnabas stayed in Iconium a long time and spoke bravely for the Lord. He showed that their message about his grace was true by giving them the power to work miracles and signs.

Acts 4:13

The leaders saw that Peter and John were not afraid to speak, and they understood that these men had no special training or education. So they were amazed. Then they realized that Peter and John had been with Jesus.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will help your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run from them in seven directions. And you will become a thing of horror among all the kingdoms on earth.

Deuteronomy 28:7

The Lord will help you defeat the enemies that come to fight you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will run from you in seven directions.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Before we came to you, we suffered in Philippi. People there insulted us, as you know, and many people were against us. But our God helped us to be brave and to tell you his Good News.